A couple of years after efficiently increasing the hand-held gaming market with the Steam Deck, Valve is attempting its hand at a console-like expertise once more.
Valve introduced a number of new {hardware} merchandise yesterday, considered one of which is solely known as the Steam Machine. It’s really Valve’s second try at such an concept (the primary being a few decade in the past), however the situations really feel a bit extra proper this time round, particularly with the way forward for Xbox being a bit unsure. The Steam Machine is, primarily, a console model of a Steam Deck: It runs the identical software program, SteamOS, and can play video games out of your Steam library whereas plugged right into a TV, like a console.
There is a few dangerous information, although: We do not have a value or launch date for it but. Stay tuned for that.
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The predominant distinction between this and a Deck, after all, is that the Steam Machine can be much more highly effective. According to Valve, it is six occasions extra highly effective than the Steam Deck. Here are the specs Valve launched for the Steam Machine:
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CPU: Semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6C / 12T
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GPU: Semi-Custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs, 2.45GHz max sustained clock, 110W TDP
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16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
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Two storage choices: 512GB SSD and 2TB SSD
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2x USB-A ports on the entrance
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2x USB-A ports on the again
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1x USB-C port on the again
Valve is promising visuals and efficiency within the neighborhood of 4K and 60 frames per second with this system. It’s onerous to say but the way it will examine to the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X when it comes to energy, however it should virtually actually be at the very least in the identical ballpark, provided that these units launched 5 years in the past. Of course, it additionally has the benefit of with the ability to play a huge library of PC video games spanning a number of many years.
It may be some time earlier than it is out, however there are many causes to get excited now.